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Complement vs Compliment

One letter, very different jobs — and each can be a noun or a verb.

COMPLEMENT (with E) — to complete or go well with (verb), or the thing that completes (noun). Wine complements cheese. A scarf is the perfect complement.
COMPLIMENT (with I) — to praise (verb), or the nice thing said (noun). She complimented my hat. What a lovely compliment.

Quick tip: complEment complEtes; a complIment is somethIng nice.

Question 1

That hat really ___s your ears.

complement

compliment

Question 2

She ___ed my goat's new hat.

compliment

complement

Question 3

Ketchup is not always a good ___ to ice cream.

complement

compliment

Question 4

Whenever I wear my yellow tie to work, my boss always s me and tells me that it s my teeth.

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